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Well a slightly eventful evening, went around my mechanics place for a few beers and on the way home (literally 150m up the road) i get out of the car at my place to a nice sound of air rushing out of somewhere. Looking at the front passenger wheel i could see any puncture so i went ahead and took off the wheel to find the inside sidewall had completly crapped itself. There is a nice 15 cm gash in it and another out of shot thats about 3 cm long. No wonder i couldnt find it, anyways they are Achilles ATR Sport and i know people have said in the past they have weak sidewalls but i wouldnt have thought it would happen to me, they had done about 25,000km and were still just legal so i really didnt want to have to replace them yet. Might be able to get this one covered under manufacture defect warranty but will see. Its ironic as my mechanic also owns a tyre shop so go figure!!!
Anyways pic below, its shame as they have a treadwear rating of 400 which is pretty damn good for a 19" tyre. 
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| eattsie9 |
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its gorgeous !
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Thanks mate
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Looks mint i wanted to buy that body kit for my car as well i didn't know they did trade discount, but i never actually even thought about it haha how much did you get the bonnet and front bar for with trade prices?
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Front bar was about $600 ($80 off) and the bonnet was $640 (website was $800 but they had them on ebay for this price). i just checked out ssv and you can get the FG GT front bar to suit the ba/bf xr headlights. Undecided on if i like it or not though.
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| burnout181 |
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according to one of my mates the bonnet in victoria at a place called sss sells it for $300 with trade discount but i haven't checked it out yet lol sounds too cheap...
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Yeah sounds very cheap mate, sure its not a fibreglass bonnet for that price?
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hmm could be i haven't checked it out yet need to wait to get some cash before i go look at it because i'll end up buying it and then i'll be in debt
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| phil545 |
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So just a little update, got some new tyres yesterday arvo, i stuck with the achilles as the rep sold them to my mechanic mate so i ended up getting them fitted and balanced for 130 each. I was actually working from home as i was at a client site training in the morning but swung by on the way home and got them fitted up in 30 mins, it was great, the workshop was empty so had 3 guys workin on it. Anyways next will be complete rear re bush and front and rear sway bars. I didnt take any pics of the tyres getting fitted as it was nufin special :-p
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I swear I just saw this car at Lakehaven on the Central Coast!
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Hahah couldnt have been mate, its been around the hills area tonight
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phil545 wrote: So just a little update, got some new tyres yesterday arvo............... I didnt take any pics of the tyres getting fitted as it was nufin special :-p Haha, but the o2 sensor and a powerade bottle with some half sucked brake fluid in it are absolutely photo worthy??? .... Exactly where is it that you did draw that line in the sand Phil??Car's looking nice mate.......
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haha thanks mate, well i thought that was something different so was worthy of a photo where as fitting some plain old tyres aint nufin special, plus i couldnt really be a*** at the time either lol
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Went for a cruise with the Ford boys today, went up to Lake St Clair, was very nice except for the wind, nice clear and sunny skies, snapped a few pics along the way, the pro ones are thanks to Mitch!
        
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those pics your mate took are absolutely amazing!!
makes me want my bodykit done so much more lol
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